Structure, fluorescent properties and proposed function in phototaxis of the stigma apparatus in the ciliate Chlamydodon mnemosyne

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 919-927

  Selbach, Matthias ^a   Kuhlmann, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Chlamydodon mnemosyne; Photoreceptive apparatus; Phototaxis; Stigma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDODON MNEMOSYNE;

EID: 0032901497     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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